I feel that, as with many services, knowing about the person
performing the service is an integral part of the decision as to
whether to engage with that service or not. Therefore, I have decided
to offer an insight into my history and experience to allow you to
understand a little of where my passion comes from, and also my
expertise, to help you to make the decision to come and meet me. In
this company I offer two types of service (which are not mutually
exclusive) White Lotus Coaching, and White Lotus Yoga so I have given
enough information that those interested in either can see where each
side fits into my history.

Brief synopsis of my academic history

I went to school in Glasgow achieving straight A's in my Highers,
after a year off (my first adventures in Asia) I went to Edinburgh
University and studied Mathematics with Business Studies and graduated
with a First Class Honours. I then explored the world for nearly two
years before returning to Scotland to take up a position in Ernst &
Young LLP where I qualified as a CA (Chartered Accountant through ICAS)
in the audit department in Glasgow. After teaching and training
in my spare time for a couple of years, I set up my own company White
Lotus, where I work primarily as a Yoga teacher and also as an NLP
(Neuro Linguistic Programming) and HGE (Hypno Genetic Evolution)
therapist and coach, full time since leaving Ernst & Young.

Personal Development

My interest in the field of personal development started at a young
age and my passion for the betterment of myself, and others, has never
weaned, in fact it gets stronger each year.

In my year off after school, when I was 17, I had my first
significant experience of actively working towards my evolution. It
took the form of a 3 month expedition in Malaysia with Raleigh
International, a charity for the development of young adults. While
assisting in building a school, helping scientists with their research,
climbing mountains, cutting trails in the jungle etc, I was introduced
to the concepts of teamwork, self confidence, leadership, and self
analysis.

Since then I have been exploring the world and the different avenues
for personal growth at every opportunity. My adventures have including
building a school in Tanzania, trekking the Himalayas in Nepal,
teaching scuba diving in Indonesia, working in a 'brain gym' at a
Taoist retreat in Thailand, hiking to the top of the highest mountains
in Africa & Malaysia, climbing the highest mountain pass in the
world, discovering Yoga in India and so much more. This journey of self
discovery gave a good foundation for the assisting of others, combined
with my extensive study of the latest change techniques used in the
West.

When I worked at Ernst & Young I was quickly recognised as
experienced in the area of personal development and was asked to engage
in the hiring, training and mentoring of graduates, I represented my
peers on various committees, assited in programs for corporate
responsibility and coaching within the company. In my final year with
the firm I was selected to join an accelerated development program. It
was this program that lead to my participation on soft skills courses
(e.g. leadership skills, influencing skills, personal impact, coaching,
confidence, etc). From here the movement to work with NLP (Neuro
Linguistic Programming) was natural, as it is the most powerful change
technology that I have found.

I am now a fully qualified therapist and coach in NLP and HGE (Hypno
Genetic Evolution- the next evolutionary step from NLP which
encompasses physical and spiritual aspects of the being as well as
emotional and mental which predominate in traditional NLP). As well as
working one on one, I also run open evenings to introduce people to
NLP, and yoga/NLP training seminars. My interest in this field has
moved towards how yoga and NLP fit together, as the understanding of
the mechanics of the mind from NLP are extremely helpful in the
progression of the control of the mind through yogic practices such as
meditation.

My study of Eastern Traditions

I first entered the arena of energetic body work from the East when I practiced Shukokai Karate and Ao Denko Ka Martial Arts
at University. I competed with a high degree of success gaining several
British and Scottish University Gold medals in individual and team
events.

Around 1998, I moved from martial arts towards more introverted energy training with Chi Kung.
At that time I also trained in Reiki healing in Scotland and then to a
more advanced level in India 2000. In addition, I studied Chi Kung
healing, meditation and advanced Chi Kung techniques with Master Mantak
Chia (one of the foremost teachers in this area in the world) in
Thailand in 2000 in a five week intensive retreat.

I first practiced Yoga in 2000 with a comprehensive one
month Yoga course in Rishikesh under Swami Vivekananda Saraswati at the
Agama Yoga School. Since 2000 I have practiced several different styles
of Yoga, predominantly Iyengar, Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga, and travelled
to different parts of Asia and Europe on retreats increasing my
understanding of the whole Yoga system. Since my introduction to this
amazing system I have consistently studied and practiced Yoga leading
me to where I am today.

I consider Swami Vivekananda Saraswati to be my foremost Kundalini
and Hatha Yoga
teacher with whom I have studied Yoga in Thailand for over 20 months of
intensive study. In addition I study with Sahajanada or Hridaya Yoga an
Advaita Vedantic teacher, meditation of
the Ramana Maharishi lineage. I have done many retreats from a few days
to months at a time, in silence, in solitude or with a group,
practicing
and studying this meditation technique, often under Sahajananda's
direct guidance.

I qualified as a Yoga teacher in the UK with CYS (Chi Yoga School)
Scotland, completing a year long training and qualifying in the summer
of 2005, and am also a qualified teacher within the Agama Yoga School.

I now teach beginners to advanced classes in general Hatha Yoga and
Tantra Yoga, give lectures, workshops, seminars, private classes, etc.
As well as running teacher training courses in Glasgow, London,
Preston, Finland and we are growing, as one of the founders and
directors of Seasonal Yoga Teacher Training (SYTT).

If you have any questions or issues you would like me to
address, please get in touch. I enjoy discussing Yoga, and spirituality
in general, and will gladly help any Yoga aspirant when I can.

Ros
Jamieson qualified as a medical doctor from Glasgow University in 1991 and currently
works as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Glasgow Royal
Infirmary. She has been teaching anatomy and physiology on the SYTT in Glasgow
since January 2012. Ros qualified as a Yoga teacher herself from this course
the year before, and is now also teaching a yoga and meditation class in the
West End of Glasgow. Ros has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and has a
particular interest in energy flow and meditation. She has spent time studying
and practicing meditation at Agama Yoga School in Thailand with guru
Sahajananda. She has studied many texts on yoga philosophy and is continually
improving her knowledge.

Ros has enjoyed bringing together her medical
and yoga knowledge and has an appreciation of how they complement each other.
In her teaching she aims to create a platform of medical knowledge so that the
students can understand and teach how yoga poses, pranayama and meditation work
on a physical level. She also covers common medical conditions that teachers
are likely to encounter in their students and the implications of these
conditions on a yoga practice. The teaching aims to be stimulating and
interactive and relevant to all the students irrespective of their background.